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14 September 2017
Human population, agriculture, tourism and trade are moving microbes around the world at unprecedented levels, scientists are warning. Human population now tops 7.5 billion people, and, combined...
26 September 2017
Alexandra Ashcroft recruits Vayu Maini Rekdal to cook up an answer to Zettie's question
26 September 2017
New electronic retinas are undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa, the most common form...
26 September 2017
Simon Kay introduces us to the cutting edge world of limb transplants...
26 September 2017
Scientists have developed an implantable device that mimics the pancreas as a potential therapy for type one diabetes.
26 September 2017
26 September 2017
Vanderbilt University’s Ken Catania got his hands on an electric eel, literally, to work out how electric eels deal...
26 September 2017
Izzie Clarke's been boiling down the science of mircowaves
26 September 2017
Budget cigarettes caused the deaths of thousands of young children across the EU
26 September 2017
A new analysis suggests we may have some breathing space to achieve the goals outlined by the 2015 Paris Climate...
26 September 2017
Brad Hoffman, from the University of Florida, has found a way to reprogramme the immune system to fight multiple...
21 September 2017
21 September 2017
A large electric eel can deliver a shock ten times more powerful than a TASER, a new study has shown.
21 September 2017
A gene therapy technique that can halt the progression of a condition resembling multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice has...
19 September 2017
Can you teach an old dog new tricks?
19 September 2017
Do head injuries from impact sports lead to Alzheimer's disease?
19 September 2017
How did 70% of people admit to a crime that never actually happened?
19 September 2017
Can we delete memories? Scientists have created a drug that seems to do the trick...
19 September 2017
What are memories? And where are they stored?
19 September 2017
What chemicals can we find on the planets outside our solar system?
19 September 2017
Late summer is typically hurricane season in the tropics, but what's the science behind these extreme systems?
18 September 2017
How have rocket fuel pumps helped those with heart failure?
18 September 2017
Cassini's 20-year mission exploring Saturn comes to an end, but what did it find?
18 September 2017
Could bacteria be conspiring with cancer to block the action of chemotherapy drugs?